George Hancock (Virginia)

George Hancock (13 June 1754-18 July 1820) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-VA 5) from 4 March 1793 to 4 March 1797, succeeding James Madison and preceding John Johns Trigg.

Biography
George Hancock was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia in 1754, and he served as a militia colonel and an aide-de-camp to Casimir Pulaski during the American Revolutionary War. In 1781, he built an estate at Fincastle that became known as "Santillane", and he served in the US House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797. He died in 1820.